ProphetView 920 Pro - Viewing Angles?

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Quote from Tom's recent review...

"What a pity. Like all the monitors that use the HyDis, the ProphetView 920 Pro provides a brightly colored image, and the wake is very slight, and even invisible in many movies, but the screen suffers from having angles of vision that are too restricted. The vertical angle de vision, especially in the horizontal, is very disappointing. The PV 920 Pro is adequate for display a DivX for someone alone in their room, but under no circumstances could it be used as the main TV set on which you could watch your favorite movies with the family."

According to Tom's review the viewing angle of this screen is 125/150(Hor./Vert.), now according to Hercules website the viewing angle is 170/150.

Can anybody explain the difference?

Has anyone actually got a recent version of this screen? If so do you find view angles restrictive?

This screen seems to have everything I want, but I want to use it as a TV so I want decent viewing angles.

Any experiences greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
 
I have Q17 which is suppose to have the same panel. And you are right, the angle is not the best but honestly how often do you really watch TV from the sides? The viewing angle could be better I agree but it's not that bad that you couldn't watch a movie. We have projection TV here in our house and it is worse than the LCD because you can't even see good on the angles. MY LCD only losses a little brightness but not too bad. Hope this helps.
 
The Hercules website also says 450:1 contrast ratio (vs. 500:1 on THG). Any idea where to buy this monitor in the US? I really don't want to pay $549 retail through Hercules.
 
The new version of the Prophetview has higher viewing angles. The review was of the previous version. (Rev A vs Rev B)
 
Any idea if you received rev A or B? I placed an order on Wednesday for the 920 Pro DVI and I'm having difficulty getting answers from Guillemot as to whether I can get the monitor delivered before XMas.

The last response I got from tech support was "We do not have information as to when the product will be available.
You will be notified once the product has shipped. If you wish to cancel the order at a later time, please contact us."

Anyone else find this incredulous?
 
Crap! It took them 4 days to tell me the product is back ordered. So much for a XMas surprise. I'm NOT impressed with their customer service at all - it took 4 replies from them to tell me finally (via a bot) that the product was back ordered and no idea when it'll come.

Looks like I'm going with the ViewSonic for a XMas gift and I'll wait till next summer for the 19" LCD (guessing that's the timeframe?)
 
I put my order in Monday the 8th. Checked the site two days later and it was backordered, but it has shipped as of this Friday. Should be getting it in Monday.
 
Well that is encouraging - did you use the free UPS Ground shipping method? I guess I will give it another week or so in the hopes that the monitor comes in and will get here before XMas - otherwise, I'll cancel it and grab the Viewsonic. C'mon Santa, help me out here!
 
Yeah, I got the free UPS ground shipping. When did you put your order in? It seems they take a few days to actually process the order.

I put my order in Monday night so I'm guessing it wasn't actually processed that day.

It might be saying something good about the monitor if it's on backorder. Give it a few days. I'll update with impressions once I get it (if I get it hooked up).
 
I wouldn't give up so easily on this monitor if it's all it's cracked up to be according to reviews. You still have ten days 'till Christmas. I hope you get yours shipped and get it in time. I hope mine gets here on time as well.
 
Mine says Manufactured Nov 2003 and has 'R-2' marked on it (Revision 2?).

In the UK most sites I looked at stated long lead time expected. Then I found www.overclockers.co.uk which said expecting stock Mon 8th Dec. so I ordered on the 8th and it arrived on the 9th!

Loverly screen though, so don't give up too soon.
 
I buy a lot from Overclockers and generally I find them very good.

How well does your new monitor handle gaming?

Barton 2500+, 512MB Corsair Platinum XMS 3200 CL2, Radeon 9700, WD Raptor 10,000 rpm S-ATA HDD, Asus A7V600, Enermax 460W SilentPlus PSU.
 
Must confess, I haven't really had a chance for any gaming on it yet. I mainly bought it for DVD/TV, major swinging factor (apart from the quality of the panel) was the ease with which it can be wall maounted - 2 screws and you're done, no expensive brackets required.
 
Just got my order in. Extremely nice looking monitor.

I won't pretend I know anything about what to look for in an LCD nor will I pretend to understand everything they speak of in the THG review, but I really like this screen thus far.

Set it up quickly to look at some web pages and basic stuff like that and everything is just so nice and crisp. I haven't messed with the factory default settings yet.

I don't really know what this "ghosting" thing is. I thought I understood it, but I didn't see any thus far after watching some movie scenes and playing some games. I didn't get a headache or anything so I guess that's a good sign.

QUESTION: Dead pixels...are these fairly obvious or do I have to really look for them. I looked at the screen through some apps and everything seemed to be in order. What exactly do I look for?

Lookin' nice thus far though. BTW, where'd you see the revision and build date for your LCD?
 
did anyone else get their order placed at hercules set as back order? if so, how long did it take to get sent? I am not worried at recieving mine by christmas... but before january 5th would be nice... 😛 (having just ordered mine)
and did anyone else get an email asking for confirmation on bill/shipping address? It seems odd that they would ask for an email with that info after all the verification stuffz...
 
You're right...Rev. 2 Nov. 2003.

BTW, I put my order in the 8th of December. Showed as back-ordered for two days but I just got it in this Tuesday.
 
On my packing list:

Order Date: 12/8/03
Ship Date: 12/12/03
Receive Date: 12/16/03

Mine did show as back-ordered for a day or two. Seemed like a pretty good turn around. Keep in mind that the time between ship and receive date includes the weekend.

My shipping and billing address were the same. Yours different? Maybe that's why they're making sure.
 
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